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Europe Is Mad

grampslcf April 18, 2026 No Comments

Tyler Burden over at Zero Hedge has published a piece on the Iranian blockade and what it is doing to the world.

The effectiveness of the blockade is already apparent; the propaganda bots on social media are scrambling to find a narrative to counter it, but they are failing. Why? Because Iran already tried to lock down the strait (which is an international waterway), and any government cheering (or secretly cheering) for Iran’s actions is now unable to make a rational argument against the US doing the same thing to Iran. As I noted in March:

“We constantly hear about international exposure to the Hormuz shutdown, but the media rarely mentions that Iran is the MOST exposed economy of all. For now, Iranian oil ships continue to pass through the strait and these vessels are Iran’s economic lifeline. Strategic estimates suggest that without the steady passage of these oil tankers, the Iranian economy would completely collapse within five weeks…”

Promethean Action’s Barbara Boyd does a video recap of interconnected current events centered around Iran, President Trump’s seismic geopolitical shifts, and European, NATO and British intransigence. Boyd’s insights are excellent just as Susan Kokinda’s are.

Pope Leo Campaigns For The Democrats

grampslcf April 16, 2026 No Comments

There is an ongoing attack that is trying to fracture the MAGA movement. Despite all that PDJT has accomplished, the approach is to find ways to separate followers from the movement. This includes stirring people up about there being few indictments of evil individuals. The American people want justice and Pam Bondi’s deliberate slowness has caused potential cases to expire due to the statute of limitations.

Another approach surfaced for everyone to see recently when on April 9 Pope Leo XIV cleared time in his busy schedule to meet with, of all people, Barack Obama’s Jewish strategist David Axelrod.

London Has Fallen

grampslcf April 15, 2026 Comments Off

Susan Kokinda has a generally good summary of some pf the financial issues involved with specifically the Strait of Hormuz. Kokinda highlights UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer declining to join an American blockade and claims Britain has lost control of the choke point. She details financial actions targeting Iranian money flows. These include UAE arrests of IRGC-linked money changers, Treasury Secretary Bessent using Patriot Act Section 311 against a Zurich bank, and scrutiny of London-based crypto exchanges and Santander UK.

Odds & Ends

grampslcf April 14, 2026 Comments Off

The arguments have been made and now it is up to the Supreme Court to decide if people sneaking into the country to have a baby grants that baby American citizenship. Again, I will not attempt to even guess how SCOTUS will rule.

Blockade

grampslcf April 13, 2026 Comments Off

The collapse of the negotiations between Iran’s “leadership” and the United States in Pakistan was as predictable as the Sun rising the East. And it did not take two weeks for it to happen. Why? Because Iran’s current leadership has not yet grasped that they must give up their quest for nuclear weapons. There is no country on the planet that would be happy to see Iran with a nuclear weapon.

Connect The Dots

grampslcf April 11, 2026 Comments Off

There are many among the cognitively impaired people on the Left that claim that PDJT is operating the presidency without any semblance of a plan. It is all shoot from the hip. Well, believe it or not there are some among the Big Media who are pointing out that there is a long term plan. Some people are beginning to connect the dots.

Revenge

grampslcf April 10, 2026 Comments Off

One is hearing from the Communists Democrats on a regular basis that they will punish the MAGA movement when they get back in power. The persecution of J6ers by the Democrats will seem tame compared to what the Left is talking about now.

Colorado Supports Mutilating Kids

grampslcf April 9, 2026 Comments Off

Colorado had passed a law banning counseling of kids with gender dysphoria if such counseling would result in such kids becoming comfortable with their God-given sex. The law aimed to prevent kids from receiving the best kind of treatment for gender dysphoria. The law had been passed behind the moronic advice of transgender activists.

Odds & Ends

grampslcf April 8, 2026 Comments Off

Insane! Starting June 1st, a new Illinois Democrat approved law will take away parking spaces in many parts of Illinois. It’s an effort to force you to get rid of your car or truck and increase housing density.

Illinois’ new ‘People Over Parking Act’ is set to take effect June 1, 2026. The law, signed by “King” J.B. Pritzker, will ban local governments from requiring minimum parking spaces for new residential and commercial developments located near transit hubs.

Democrats claim it fights “car dependency” and boosts housing. In reality, it guts parking supply where it’s needed most. Developers, facing no mandate, will build fewer or zero spots to cut costs and cram in more units. Existing on-street parking will face fiercer competition from new residents and workers who still own cars. ...